Frances McDormand is a multi-award-winning actress, including a previous Oscar

Who is Frances McDormand and how old is she?

Frances McDormand is a multi-award-winning American actress. She was born in Gibson City, Illinois, on June 23, 1957 - that makes her 60.

The actress was adopted at one and a half years of age by a couple originally from Canada.

Frances is one of the few performers who has achieved the Triple Crown of Acting - an Academy Award for the 1996 film Fargo; a Tony Award for the 2011 Broadway play Good People; and an Emmy Award for the 2014 HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge. She also won a Golden Globe Award for 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

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Who is Frances McDormand married to?

When Holly Hunter turned down the lead role in the Coen brothers’ 1984 debut movie Blood Simple, she recommended Frances as her replacement.

It was a decision which would shape the rest of Frances’s life.

She fell for the film’s co-director, Joel Coen, when he lent her a series of books including the erotic crime thriller The Postman Always Rings Twice. Frances recalled: “A couple of nights later I said, ‘Would you like to come over and discuss the book?’ That did it. He seduced me with literature.”

The pair tied the knot in 1984, and adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen, in 1995. They live in New York City.

Since Blood Simple, Frances has gone on to star in a range of films by the Coen brothers - including 1987's Raising Arizona, 1996's Fargo, 2001's The Man Who Wasn't There, 2008's Burn After Reading, and 2016's Hail, Caesar!

Incredible moment Frances McDormand gets female Oscars nominees to stand with her in solidarity after winning best female lead